Lille vs Troyes preview: Away side in for a grim task at Stade Pierre-Mauroy

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

Ligue 1: The mid-table positions highlight the path Lille and Troyes have taken uptil now. Both squads are up for it; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Lille have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lille form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lille have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

An away draw last time out for Lille, facing Brest in a game that ended 0-0. Midfielder Ounas was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.2 (out of ten) in that game. Ounas hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A win at home ahead of that game, as anticipated. The team were big favourites against Troyes and won 2-0.

Sports betting people who enjoy staking for low-scoring games might like to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).

The Lille fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lille defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Troyes form and stats

There's been little loot from Troyes's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. Troyes only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.

Troyes might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Olympique Marseille proved too strong as Troyes slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de l'Aube. Baldé was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.04. The defender Baldé hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

A loss, in the Coupe de France away at Lille, before that.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures.

The Troyes manager Kisnorbo has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. Troyes have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Lille won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Troyes got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
10 goals
TroyesM. Baldé
M. Baldé
6 goals
LilleJ. Bamba
J. Bamba
4 goals

Lille missing players

Troyes missing players

Lille Troyes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
9 5 1 Won W 1 3 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 6
5 2 1 Lost L 2 6 8
30 16 4 Scored S 6 19 29
24 16 4 Conceded C 8 22 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
56% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 67%
28% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 78% 56%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 67% 33%
67% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 78%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
5.4 4.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.8 4.7
3.6 4.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.6 5.2
2.1 2.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.6 15 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.9 12.9
5 5.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 5.1 4.7
33% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 41% 35%
 
8.6 9.7 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 14.4 14.2
3.2 4.1 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.9 5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Troyes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 18 15 2 1 48 13 9 8 1 0 23 8 9 7 1 1 25 5 35 47
2 Lens 18 12 5 1 31 13 9 9 0 0 21 7 9 3 5 1 10 6 18 41
3 Olympique Marseille 18 12 3 3 36 15 9 6 1 2 18 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 21 39
4 Rennes 18 10 4 4 35 20 9 8 0 1 23 7 9 2 4 3 12 13 15 34
5 Monaco 18 10 4 4 35 25 9 4 2 3 16 15 9 6 2 1 19 10 10 34
6 Lorient 18 9 5 4 30 26 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 5 3 1 16 13 4 32
7 Lille 18 9 4 5 30 24 9 5 2 2 16 16 9 4 2 3 14 8 6 31
8 Olympique Lyonnais 18 7 4 7 27 21 9 5 2 2 16 7 9 2 2 5 11 14 6 25
9 Clermont 18 7 4 7 22 26 9 4 1 4 10 16 9 3 3 3 12 10 -4 25
10 Nice 18 6 6 6 22 20 9 3 3 3 12 10 9 3 3 3 10 10 2 24
11 Reims 18 5 9 4 21 23 8 3 3 2 10 11 10 2 6 2 11 12 -2 24
12 Toulouse 18 6 4 8 28 33 9 4 3 2 15 14 9 2 1 6 13 19 -5 22
13 Troyes 18 4 6 8 29 35 9 1 6 2 10 13 9 3 0 6 19 22 -6 18
14 Nantes 18 3 9 6 18 24 9 3 5 1 12 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -6 18
15 Montpellier 18 5 2 11 28 37 9 3 1 5 12 15 9 2 1 6 16 22 -9 17
16 Ajaccio 18 4 3 11 15 27 9 2 1 6 7 14 9 2 2 5 8 13 -12 15
17 Brest 18 3 5 10 18 33 9 1 4 4 7 17 9 2 1 6 11 16 -15 14
18 Auxerre 18 3 4 11 16 40 9 2 3 4 9 17 9 1 1 7 7 23 -24 13
19 Strasbourg 18 1 9 8 22 33 10 0 6 4 11 18 8 1 3 4 11 15 -11 12
20 Angers SCO 18 2 2 14 16 39 9 1 1 7 10 20 9 1 1 7 6 19 -23 8

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.